| Irene Marcuse | |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Columbia University (BA, MSW) |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction |
| Parent: | Peter Marcuse (father) |
| Relatives: | Herbert Marcuse (grandfather) |
Irene Marcuse was an American author of mystery novels. She was a finalist for the Agatha Award in 2000. She died March 8, 2021.[1] [2] Marcuse held a BA in Literature and Creative Writing and a Master of Social Work from Columbia University. She was the granddaughter of social philosopher Herbert Marcuse and daughter of his only child Peter Marcuse.
Marcuse's Anita Servi series includes:
Her book Under the Manhattan Bridge is set in October 2001, in a city still coping with the impact of 9/11. According to a review in The New York Times of post-9/11 mystery novels, it features "garbage trucks used as barricades and surreally polite New Yorkers."[3]